Learning objectives
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The course has been designed to develop the following skills:<br />
1. comprehension of the stated meaning of the concepts covered;<br />
2. comprehension of the circumscribed meaning of the questions;<br />
3. ability to answer appropriately using correct philosophical vocabulary;<br />
4. comprehension of meaning of the text; ability to analyse and synthesise;<br />
5. ability to follow the type of philosophical argumentation utilised;<br />
6. ability to establish links and connections between the various works presented;<br />
7. ability to place issues in a historical-philosophical context.<br />
Prerequisites
Knowledge of History of Philosophy of the Twentieth-Century, if possible.
Course unit content
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1. The Pre-eminence of the Langage in philosophical Culture of the Twentieth-Century:</p>
<p align="justify">1.1:Historical Antecedents in the Philisophy of the Nineteenth-Century: Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Nietzsche.</p>
<p align="justify">1.2: Linguist Turn and the Analityc Philosophy.</p>
<p align="justify">2. Sens, Meaning, Reference: an Introduction to the clarification of these concepts.</p>
<p align="justify">3. Understanding and Interpretation: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur. </p>
Bibliography
<p align="justify">L. Perissinotto, <em>Le vie dell'interpretazione nella filosofia contemporanea</em>, Bari, Laterza, 2002.</p>
<p align="justify">Gadamer, <em>Linguaggio</em>, a cura di Di Cesare D., Bari, Laterza, 2005.</p>
<p align="justify">Gadamer, <em>Verità e metodo</em>, Milano, Bompiani, 1983.</p>
<p align="justify">Heidegger, <em>In cammino verso il linguaggio</em>, Milano, Mursia, 1973.</p>
<p align="justify">Ricoeur, <em>Filosofia e Linguaggio</em>, a cura di D. Jervolini, Milano, Guerini e Associati, 1994.</p>
<p align="justify">Further Instructions in the Course.</p>
Teaching methods
<p>Lectures; individual tutorials in the event of particular learning problem.</p>
<p>Intermediate Test in the Course.</p>
